Two original members of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention who are publicizing a show in Bethlehem on Friday wll not be playing the venue after all.

Don Preston and Bunk Gardner, touring as The Don & Bunk Show, sent out a news release and posted on their website that they would perform at The Funhouse, 5 E. 4th St. Their publicist later confirmed the show.

But Funhouse owner Tina Kowalski says she was contacted by Preston about a show, but a date was never confirmed, and the club instead booked area band The Great Socia to play.

Don and Bunk is on an East Coast tour, playing Zappa songs such as “Freak Out” and “Zoot Allures” and re-creating the zany antics, wild improvisations and strange electronic music for which the early Mothers were famous.

"We're doing this tour because I think Zappa fans need to come and hear how Zappa's music was performed by the originals," Preston said in a release. "Hey people! We're still doing it!"

Gardner and Preston were featured on several Mothers albums and appeared on Zappa's first solo disc, “Lumpy Gravy.”

The Don & Bunk Show started in 2001. They’ve since recorded two CDs for Brain Records: “Ahead Of Their Time” and “Joined At The Hip.”

Bunk has also recorded or performed with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra and other groups and Preston the Los Angeles Philharmonic and others. He also has done 23 film scores, including “Apocalypse Now.”

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JODI DUCKETT: As The Morning Call's assistant features editor responsible for entertainment, she spends a lot of time surveying the music landscape and sizing up the Valley's festivals and club scene. She's no expert, but enjoys it all — especially artists who resonated in her younger years, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Tracy Chapman, Santana and Joni Mitchell.

KATHY LAUER-WILLIAMS enjoys all types of music, from roots rock and folk to classical and opera. Music has been a constant backdrop to her life since she first sat on the steps listening to her mother’s Broadway LPs when she was 2. Since becoming a mother herself, she has become well-versed on the growing genre of kindie rock and, with her son in tow, can boast she has seen a majority of the current kid’s performers from Dan Zanes to They Might Be Giants.

STEPHANIE SIGAFOOS: A Jersey native raised in Northeast PA, she was reared in a house littered with 8-tracks, 45s and cassette tapes of The Beatles, Elvis, Meatloaf and Billy Joel. She also grew up on the sounds of Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw and can be found traversing the countryside in search of the sounds of a steel guitar. A fan of today's 'new country,' she digs mainstream/country-pop crossovers like Lady Antebellum and Sugarland and other artists that illustrate the genre's diversity.